Demolition

Lake Forest Crews are starting to demolish the building known as Old Main on the property of the Woodlands Academy, Westleigh and Sheridan roads. Crews are expected to work on the site for the next year, according to Lake Forest spokeswoman Susan Banks. The 23-acre area – the Barat Campus – is no longer used, Banks said, but will become athletic fields. Some roads are being reconfigured to fit the fields.. Banks said in a release that the demolition debris will be removed by trucks, which...

The Sports Xchange By Jeff Seidel, The Sports Xchange Tensions high in A's demolition of Orioles BALTIMORE--The Oakland Athletics drew 11 walks and also came up with a number of timely hits, a combination the Baltimore Orioles could not overcome Sunday afternoon. Brandon Moss hit a grand slam, John Jaso drove in four runs and Scott Kazmir threw seven solid innings to help the Oakland Athletics to an 11-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Oakland (39-24)

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended the unexpected weekend demolition of the Whittier Elementary School field house, saying the building was unsafe and the playground and sports fields slated to replace it will be better for kids in the Pilsen neighborhood. Three years ago, activists staged a 43-day sit-in in the field house and prevented Chicago Public Schools from knocking down the building where various community programs were held. The protesters said they had no warning before city...

Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in "The Dallas Buyers Club" helmer Jean-Marc Vallee 's next pic, " Demolition ." The drama is a co-production between Black Label Media and Mr. Mudd with John Malkovich and Lianne Halfon producing for their Mr. Mudd banner and Thad and Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith producing for Black Label Media. Script was written by Bryan Sipe and tells the story of an investment banker struggling to understand his...

Marked for demolition beginning Wednesday is the last-standing building of the infamous Cabrini-Green public housing complex. But thanks to a light installation orchestrated by artist Jan Tichy, the structure at 1230 N. Burling St. will remain aglow with 134 white LED lights — one installed in each of its vacated apartments — for the four-week duration of its razing. The light installation was completed Monday, in time for Tichy and the Chicago Housing Authority to flip the "on" switch at 7...

A Detroit-area factory where "Rosie the Riveter" and other women built World War Two-era bombers has been saved from demolition by last-minute donations to help turn it into a museum, fundraisers said on Thursday. The campaign to raise enough money to stop a wrecking ball from leveling the Willow Run bomber plant faced a May 1 deadline for raising $8 million but, as of Tuesday morning, fell $1 million dollars short, said fundraising spokesman Michael Montgomery. The...

Thomas Carey has been waiting since last May to demolish the home he grew up in. On Monday, Plainfield trustees voted 4-3 to allow demolition of the home at 14927 S. Route 59 which belongs to his 91-year-old mother, who lives with Carey and his family. Plainfield Mayor Mike Collins cast the tie-breaking vote. Carey, who said he was "relieved" with the village board's decision, said the family is trying to make the property more attractive to buyers. His request was delayed as village...

The issue of whether to renovate the Brainerd building has been a polarizing one in Libertyville for years. But now, with voters speaking out last month against a proposed $11.5 million renovation, village and district officials are preparing to move forward with the next steps in the project. Even before the referendum discussion, Community High School District 128 officials said they were upfront about their desire to knock down the Brainerd building and...

David Schalliol chases bulldozers the way some people chase ambulances. By 7:15 a.m., five days a week, he gets an email list of the demolition permits the city of Chicago issued the day before, and then, on most days, grabs his camera and heads into the unknown. He has learned not to wait. A wood-frame house can be rubble by 10. Since January, Schalliol, who is working on a sociology doctorate at the University of Chicago, has been documenting the city's...

EIN EL HILWE, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian shepherd Mahmoud Ka'abneh has squeezed his family of 12 into a neighbor's hut on a hilly desert oasis since an Israeli bulldozer turned his own flimsy dwelling into a pile of stones and twisted metal. "They showed up at dawn and threatened to arrest me if I didn't vacate the house immediately. They wouldn't give me time to remove our personal belongings," Ka'abneh, 43, said. Palestinian officials say Ka'abneh is one...

Bensenville's attorneys Wednesday disputed Chicago officials' claim that demolishing a large portion of the suburb for a new O'Hare International Airport runway can be done safely. On the third day of hearings in DuPage County Court, the attorneys presented two experts, Robin Adams and Frank Jones, who testified that Chicago's environmental study was incomplete and not broad enough to determine if there is a hazard to remaining area residents. Their testimony before...

* Photos show 7 neighbourhoods before and after demolition * Advocacy group says destruction served no military purpose By Stephen Kalin BEIRUT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have flattened seven residential districts for no apparent military objective but to punish civilians living among rebels who had already fled, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. The New York-based advocacy group published before-and-after satellite images of...

The Glenview Board of Trustees recently approved funding for the demolition of an unfinished house at 4111 Kennicott Lane. The board agreed to pay $51,300 to Pappas Construction Company of Glenview to level the structure, which the village had deemed a nuisance and a safety threat. The village received a court order approximately two months ago approving the destruction of the property, an unfinished single-family home that had become a threat to safety as well as an eyesore.

These are proving to be tough times for Chicago hospitals designed by architects who pushed the envelope of modern architecture to explore the design possibilities of the circle. In the Streeterville neighborhood, Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital is being dismantled by Northwestern University, which plans to build a new research facility at the site after a long fight with preservationists. And now in Uptown, a similar fate appears to await the former Cuneo Hospital,...

Bashing into a crumbling old patio with a sledgehammer could be the fun part of a renovation project - and save time and money when you pay a contractor to build a new one. There's a lot you can do to help launch your renovations, like pulling old kitchen cabinets, stripping drywall or removing trim around old windows so you can use it again on the replacements. Here's what you need to know about tackling demolition on your own. Protective gear. Basics include safety glasses, a...

Lake Forest Crews are starting to demolish the building known as Old Main on the property of the Woodlands Academy, Westleigh and Sheridan roads. Crews are expected to work on the site for the next year, according to Lake Forest spokeswoman Susan Banks. The 23-acre area – the Barat Campus – is no longer used, Banks said, but will become athletic fields. Some roads are being reconfigured to fit the fields.. Banks said in a release that the demolition debris will be removed by trucks, which...

* Site was meant to be cleared by May 1 * Netanyahu under pressure to delay demolition JERUSALEM, April 27 (Reuters) - The Israeli government on Friday asked the Supreme Court for a three-month delay in the demolition of five apartment buildings in a Jewish settlement on the West Bank, backtracking on a previous pledge to clear the site by May 1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government agreed last year...

A demolition crew member who was killed in a Thursday night worksite accident in Vernon Hills has been identified as 25-year-old Patrick O'Reilly, who grew up in southwest suburban Palos Park. O'Reilly, who was a graduate of Stagg High School and the University of Illinois, his family said, was killed when he was struck by falling concrete when part of a wall collapsed at a demolition site late Thursday at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in the northern suburb. O'Reilly had...